IAML Australia's aims

International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
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Aims and Objectives

The IAML Australian branch seeks (as detailed in its Constitution) to:

Encourage and promote the activities of music libraries, archives and documentation centres and to strengthen the cooperation among institutions and individuals in these fields of interest.

To support and to facilitate the realisation of projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library science and to explore effective means of accomplishing them.

To promote the availability of all publications and documents relating to music, particularly to encourage international exchange and lending.

To encourage and support the development of standards in all areas that concern the Branch.

To further the bibliographical control of musical collections of the past and the present

To support the protection and preservation of musical documents of the past and the present.

To co-operate with other organisations in the field of music, musicology, librarianship, archival science and documentation.

To arrange international congresses of music librarians, archivists, and documentalists, as well as meetings of the Branch’s membership.

The IAML Constitution (2002) is available for downloading in Word format. (new window will open).